“We should respond prudently to the threats from climate change. These actions should include things that make sense in their own right and which will be important whether the Earth warms or cools in the near future”

“I have some concerns about some few species near the margins of their suitable habitat range, such as polar bears. But I would much rather have the present warm climate, and even further warming, than the next ice age that will bring temperatures much colder than even today.”

“Warming is not a big deal and is not a bad thing. No one knows whether the Earth is going to keep warming, or since reaching a peak in 1998, we are at the start of a cooling cycle that will last several decades or more. Whichever it is, our actions should be prudent.”

“The one degree F. rise since 1860 is virtually noise in this rapidly changing system. Sea level has been inexorably rising since the last glaciation lost its grip a mere 10,000 years ago.”

“Most people agree that there has been a warming of 1 degree Fahrenheit in the instrumental record of 150 years. Those in the “IPCC-oriented consensus” believe it is due to mankind’s increased CO2 and other gas emissions […] Scientists in the “other consensus” believe that, even if the 1 degree change is accurate (and is not just “noise”), the CO2 rise can, at most, explain a piece of the temperature rise“